Walking Stick With Gold Plated Handle, C.1900

Vintage Arts: Instruments and Implements: Walking Sticks Pre 1920: item #363560

A Very Nice Walking Stick with Gold Plated Handle C.1900. Made by RFS & Co, Monogram: Best Friend to W.M. Becker. Dimensions: 35 1/2" Long, and 3/4" Diameter, Wear commensurate with age, In Good Condition.

1920s IVORY RENAISSANCE HEAD CANE/FRENCH

Vintage Arts: Instruments and Implements: Walking Sticks Pre 1930: item #309822
IvoryHead

This 1920s cane boasts a lovely ivory handle carved in the form of a child's Renaissance head. It is likely French in origin. The features are crisply delineated with a beautiful patina. There is an old repair to the nose. The head measures 2-1/4 x 2 inches and sits on a silver collar and hardwood shaft terminating with an ivory tip. Overall length is 36-1/2 inches.

1920s STAG HORN RIDING CROP/ENGRAVED METAL COLLAR

Vintage Arts: Instruments and Implements: Walking Sticks Pre 1930: item #297079
StaghornCr

This functional stag horn handled riding crop from the 1920s was carried by foxhunters when they rode to the hounds. The handle including metal collar is 3 x 4-1/4 inches. The entire crop is 27 inches in length. Some crops have shafts that are made of leather, but this one is made of stepped hardwood. "F.G. Cornwallis" is engraved on the collar. You don't have to be a member of the horse and hound set to own this.

c. 1920s-30s PIPE GADGET CANE

Vintage Arts: Instruments and Implements: Walking Sticks Pre 1930: item #187387
Pipe

Another amusing gadget cane from the 1920s-1930s, this one in the form of a pipe. The cane's handle serves as the pipe's bowl and the stem, stored in the shaft, attaches to it. The handle itself is 2-1/4 inches. The overall length of the cane is 35 inches. The wood appears to be sycamore. Similar models appear on pages 66 and 67 of Catherine Dike's "Canes Curiosa From Gun to Gadget."

EARLY 20TH-CENTURY GENTLEMAN BURGLAR'S CANE

Vintage Arts: Instruments and Implements: Walking Sticks Pre 1930: item #186358
Burglar

This gentleman burglar's cane is a square forged iron rod with a 4-1/2 inch wide, L-shaped handle and integral fluted ferrule. The handle and collar are nickel plated and the shaft is ebonized. Overall length is 34 inches. The walking stick belonged to an older New Yorker who terrorized jewelry stores, smashing showcases while his wife scooped up the jewels. He stayed at the scene of the crimes, leaning on his cane, with his elegantly dressed wife, the jewelry in her pockets. He never got caught... Click for details